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IndieCade and Corruption Anonymous 10/11/15 (Sun) 00:27:01 990c3c No.853

We are probably all aware of how the IGF work and how corrupt they are. In case not, here is a video series by ShortFatOtaku and CameraLady with tons of info:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNyM7lxFy98

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ON-oL4Mlks

(I actually recommend (re-)watching them, since they name a bunch of the typical suspects that might be important this year as well.)

Now IndieCade is coming up in 2 weeks and there are already some hints on corruption. IndieCade is not the same as IGF, but they seem to have similar agendas and are deep in the SocialJustice-Ideology. Two of IndieCades chairs were LWs sexual partners and gave her an award for Depression Quest.

Here is a list of IndieCades Organizers:

http://www.indiecade.com/2015/organizers

Check out the nominated games and see if you can find any connections to employers of IndieCade, Investors from Indie-Fund or other people high up in the IndieGames community.

http://www.indiecade.com/2015/nominees

Here is a list of the games selected to be shown at IndieCade (less important?):

http://www.indiecade.com/2015/games

Keep Indie-Fund and their investors in mind: https://archive.is/MSMSC

I'll follow up with a specific case and two others if I find the info that was already posted in the /v/ general. I'll post anything that is discussed in the /v/ general and may seem important here in a timely manner and any connections I find when I look further into this in the coming days.

Your help is really appreciated, thanks.

Anonymous 10/11/15 (Sun) 00:44:17 990c3c No.856

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The first case is a really weird one. It's a LARP game, that isn't really a game. It's more like an interactive theater play.

IndieCades page of the Game: https://archive.is/0hHcn

Article from Offworld's Leigh Alexander: https://archive.is/1BdR0

The devs website: http://rainb.ro/

Game in Unity Web Player: http://games.rainb.ro/andmaybetheywontkillyou/andmaybetheywontkillyou.html

You basically just make a decision if you want to respond to people showing racism towards you and if you do, no matter what you say (you can type in a response in the Unity game), you always get the same nonsensical reaction of racism.

The dev has some connections to IndieCade, since he has worked for IndieCade in the past. See pic #2.

Even the fact that it got picked over real games just because it was created by a black man and because it tackles an issue for poor black people (really bad at that) is already a red flag.

And then there is pic#3, showing a clear bias towards the merit of games. Not really a CoI or corruption, but I doubt many indiedevs are really aware that they might lose to a game, just because theirs is not diverse enough or doesn't promote the correct ideology.

Just in case it may become relevant. The dev also had the opportunity to show the game at xoxo fest.

Additional video to add to the IGF/IndieCade videoseries from the OP:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAUG8tQP7Jo

Anonymous 10/11/15 (Sun) 01:03:34 990c3c No.857

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Another possible digging target:

Keep an eye out for Armello:

https://archive.is/2WwMs

It's a game funded by the investors at Indie-Fund who have a history of being jurors at IndieCade. https://archive.is/1qTqG#selection-573.0-573.50

Investors: https://archive.is/oGaKi

Games twitter: https://twitter.com/ArmelloGame

Games site: http://www.armello.com/

Devs twitter: https://twitter.com/LeagueofGeeks

Dev site: http://leagueofgeeks.com/

This video from my previous post is extremely relevant, since it's especially about Indie-Fund: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAUG8tQP7Jo

Anonymous 10/11/15 (Sun) 01:19:35 990c3c No.859

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What did I even expect after watching that video about Indie-Fund..

Her Story (nominated): https://archive.is/AF8f7

Funded by IndieCade: https://archive.is/Y9yFt#selection-65.0-65.32

Engare (nominated): https://archive.is/sEN3f

Funded by IndieCade: https://archive.is/Y9yFt#selection-195.0-195.29

Anonymous 10/11/15 (Sun) 01:50:47 350766 No.860

Will sticky for a bit. Pretty solid dig, but we need more shovels.

Anonymous 10/11/15 (Sun) 01:54:36 2e5066 No.861

How many games were funded by Indie Fund that were also nominated by IndieCade?

Anonymous 10/11/15 (Sun) 02:04:37 2e5066 No.865

>Armello

>Donut County

>Engare

>Her Story

http://www.indiecade.com/2015/nominees

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indie_Fund

That's all I got.

Anonymous 10/11/15 (Sun) 02:10:19 990c3c No.866

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>>861

>>865

That's just this year, correct? I think they list more in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAUG8tQP7Jo

I haven't checked the links in the description, but maybe there is more.

I'm currently helping getting #OPRaptor off the ground, so I'll be back into digging some time later.

You could help out if you want. It's to rebuild gaming press with trusted sites. Just follow @TechRaptr on twitter, and if you want to go beyond that, you can encourage people to follow them by sharing their articles and include a message like I did here: https://twitter.com/CalemAnnk/status/653026035764736000

Anonymous 10/11/15 (Sun) 02:12:17 990c3c No.867

>>866

Send too early, damnit. Sorry.

People post in the hashtag #OPRaptor and KiA for more info:

reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/3oaaad/shilling_alerting_gamergate_opraptor_is_go_get/

Anonymous 10/11/15 (Sun) 02:12:29 a57121 No.868

>>861

>Her Story

>Engare

>Donut Country

>Armello

probably others that I'm missing

Anonymous 10/11/15 (Sun) 02:35:53 990c3c No.869

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For completeness sake:

Butt Sniffin Pugs https://archive.is/ShrmT

They already got a plug by Gamasutra "Staff" just recently and they have an upcoming Kickstarter campaing, probably directly after IndieCade. This game is SocJus-clique approved.

Gamasutra article pluggin it: https://archive.is/ZvhDo

Butt Sniffin Pugs is working with Maya Kramer (@legobutts) as a PR Coordinator and is in the "2015 Official Selections: Digital Selects" list.

Maya Kramer has a history of being corrupt. She allegedly was the a romantic/sex partner of ZQ and is an organizer of IndieCade. ZQ won an award for her game Depression Quest last year.

https://archive.is/X6cy4#selection-3317.0-3317.17

@legobutts listed as PR Coordinator for them

https://archive.is/BDfc7#selection-445.0-453.14

Anonymous 10/11/15 (Sun) 02:42:05 a57121 No.870

>>869

That's saucy as all hell

jesus fuck, does ZQ sleep with anybody?

Anonymous 10/11/15 (Sun) 02:58:42 f0f755 No.871

>>870

Yes. Armchair psychs have pegged her for having Borderline Personality Disorder. For Chelsea Van Valkenburg, sex is a weapon and she'll use it readily to manipulate her victims.

Anonymous 10/11/15 (Sun) 03:44:43 350766 No.873

>>871

Cluster B personalities

Anonymous 10/11/15 (Sun) 04:16:05 a57121 No.878

There's quite a few games on Indie Fund that are also nominees. Too many to be coincidence. Time to start digging into those dev connections

Anonymous 10/11/15 (Sun) 04:36:24 990c3c No.881

>>878

Watch the video I've linked in the second and third post. It explains that Indie Fund is basically a set up from former indie devs to support their clique friends and profit off of it.

Anonymous 10/11/15 (Sun) 20:08:54 1b56fc No.965

So does being an IndieCade organizer mean that they are jurors in the competition?

Anonymous 10/12/15 (Mon) 05:51:42 cac744 No.992

>>965

I've asked CameraLady and she had no info on the jurors. I looked for a short while and couldn't find anything. If I remember correctly ShortFatOtaku and CameraLady mention in the above videos that the juror list has been kept a secret for the past years, but it's better if you rewatch those yourself, especially the one posted in the 2nd and 3rd thread.

Would be great if others could look deeper into this.

Anonymous 10/12/15 (Mon) 06:23:37 2e5066 No.995

>>992

You're right about that, only the IGF makes its list of jurors public, or at least they used to.

Anonymous 10/12/15 (Mon) 19:07:43 a57121 No.1000

Has the list of games that are nominees and funded on IndieCade been forwarded to /v/?

They should look out for any weird activity surrounding the game and devs

Anonymous 10/12/15 (Mon) 19:25:31 0345bc No.1004

>>1000

I've been posting this thread and encouraging /v/ to look into the nominated games/devs for the past 2 days. I don't even get responses to my posts.

>>>/v/6472319

>>>/v/6479629

second try

Anonymous 10/12/15 (Mon) 19:39:30 a57121 No.1005

>>1004

bunch of fucking pussies

I have a free day so I'll do my own digging on it

Anonymous 10/13/15 (Tue) 00:36:28 c9f077 No.1009

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Consentacle is made by the clique, and was involved in pic related.

Prune is made by one Joel McDonald, who follows a shitload of clique members. Also follows at least two Indie Fund people, Ron Carmel and Kellee Santiago. The latter used to be jury chairwoman or something of Indiecade when they handed an award to Fez.

Sentree's Glitchnap follows Wu and CON on Twitter and probably other cancers, the follow list is too damn long.

Red & Pleasant Land and Myriad seem to be remarkably clean. The later's studio, Bifrost, has one dev however who may be suspicious, the guy behind Iconoclasts. Follows several cancerous devs and Brandon Boyer. It's circumstantial but still.

Also I just noticed Indie Fund used to fund Spacebase DF-9 kek. I have no doubt Schafer used the sales money from it to pay of the Indie Fund.

Anonymous 10/13/15 (Tue) 12:49:12 385231 No.1016

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Jim Monroe writer for Wonderland: A Solvitur Ambulando Mystery

is the co founder of the Hand Eye Society which has Cindy Poremba

Jury Co-chair of IndieCade as a board member

https://archive.is/9R0X9

https://archive.is/GBXIx

https://archive.is/o0zxO

Anonymous 10/13/15 (Tue) 13:19:50 385231 No.1017

>>1016

posted wrong archive for second pic

here is the correct one.

https://archive.is/GG2KD

Anonymous 10/13/15 (Tue) 14:11:54 385231 No.1018

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Walden, a game's dev team has multiple connections in Indiecades staff.

Elizabeth Swensen

Festival Experience Co-Chair of Indiecade and Research Staff at Game Innovation’s Lab

Sean Bouchard

Also a Festival Experience Co-Chair of Indiecade and Research Staff at Game Innovation’s Lab

Richard Lemarchand

think:indie Co-Chair of Indiecade and Associated Faculty

https://archive.is/X6cy4

https://archive.is/JYrM4

https://archive.is/iG0ej

Anonymous 10/13/15 (Tue) 15:57:53 a57121 No.1022

>>1016

oh shit, nice find

Anonymous 10/13/15 (Tue) 17:03:15 385231 No.1027

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Throw trucks with you're mind's kickstarter creator, Lat Ware, backed

the gaming in color kickstarter which casts Colleen Macklin, Awards Jury Chair.

https://archive.is/tW1OE

https://archive.is/Y97rV

https://archive.is/9ioQX#selection-638.0-638.11

I can't get the last archive to work properly click "Crew & Cast" here

http://gamingincolor.tv/

Anonymous 10/13/15 (Tue) 17:16:26 385231 No.1028

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About The Meadow like Walden, a game is an USC Game Innovation’s Lab

Game everything I said here >>1018 Should still apply.

Anonymous 10/13/15 (Tue) 20:42:05 a57121 No.1033

>>1028

You're doing God's work anon

Anonymous 10/13/15 (Tue) 23:47:48 385231 No.1036

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>>1033

Thank you

This next one is probably too tenuous to be considered a COI but just in case I'm putting it down.

Andrew Plotkin, Seltani's developer, previously backed kickstarters for fellow contestants Jim Munroe

(Wonderland: A Solvitur Ambulando Mystery's developer with previously mentioned COI >>1016) and Aaron A. Reed

https://archive.is/6TswF

https://archive.is/FDXu4

https://archive.is/gSSQn

https://archive.is/GvPNy

Anonymous 10/13/15 (Tue) 23:48:25 385231 No.1037

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>>1036

Odd post Forgot one

Anonymous 10/14/15 (Wed) 03:50:41 385231 No.1040

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Steve Swink, Creative director of Cubeheart is a co-coordinator of the Independent Games

Festival an adviser of the Independent Game Summit and has backed Brandon Boyers Venus Patrol Kickstarter.

https://archive.is/giE4m

https://archive.is/UJgnf

I have not discovered a link with Indiecade yet and these find promise too much digging to get

to tonight, so this post is to serve as my jumping off point for tomorrow.

Anonymous 10/14/15 (Wed) 17:11:25 a57121 No.1079

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Can we get some digs going on Donut County and its developer Ben Eposito?

I dug for Armello, but they seem to be pretty clean. Their Gameranx review only came out yesterday, and the reviewer was at least able to mention the publisher (also developer) provided the copy of the game.

But this is a bit alarming

Anonymous 10/17/15 (Sat) 02:45:08 022b8a No.1118

>>1079

He is one of Boyer's documented conflicts of interest. One of the 6 that were found around 7 months ago.

reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/2y732f/brandon_boyer_involved_in_5_more_conflicts_of

Also I really don't see any point to posting on this board, your question would have probably been answered sooner on HQ or /v/.

Anonymous 10/18/15 (Sun) 21:18:52 a57121 No.1126

>>1118

>HQ

>digging

>/v/

>digging

There's a reason why neither board hardly uncovers new shit anymore

Anonymous 10/18/15 (Sun) 21:27:14 a57121 No.1127

http://www.indiecade.com/games/selected/brooklyn-trash-king

Looks like he's got another game in their database, for some reason. It doesn't appear to be a nominee or anything

If he's fucked with Boyer, it's not a big leap for him to wiggle his way into the Indiecade clique

Anonymous 10/19/15 (Mon) 16:13:11 022b8a No.1136

>>1126

You realize the OP of this thread is from /v/ and the 10 or so posters in this thread are people from that thread from when it was regularly shilled there, right? I'm a regular there and I answered your question having just visited this board, I'm certainly not going to browse it regularly. Feel free to post where you want, but if you don't get replies realize it might be because you were divided away from an actual audience that might read your posts and help you.

Anonymous 10/23/15 (Fri) 05:45:53 a57121 No.1190

The awards are done, and some of the games listed here won award, as we all probably thought

Gud job to all the diggers

Anonymous 10/23/15 (Fri) 11:34:20 7c2e8e No.1191

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>>856

Just noticed. Akira Thompson is also "Ceremony Co-Chair" of IndieCade.

IndieCade Organizer page: https://archive.is/X6cy4

Anonymous 10/23/15 (Fri) 22:36:47 a57121 No.1196

Just for score

Indiecade award winners

Technology Award: Fabulous Beasts http://www.indiecade.com/games/selected/Fabulous-Beasts

Interaction Award: Tribal & Error http://www.indiecade.com/games/selected/Tribal-Error

Story/World Design Award: donutcounty http://www.indiecade.com/games/selected/donut-county

funded by Indie Fund

Game Design: Line Wobbler http://www.indiecade.com/games/selected/line-wobbler

Impact Award: Consentacle http://www.indiecade.com/games/selected/consentacle made by clique see >>>/8diamonds/1009

Trailblazer Award: @blaurel http://www.tauzero.com/Brenda_Laurel/

Audio Design Award&Visual Design Award: Broken Dimension http://www.indiecade.com/games/selected/memory-of-a-broken-dimension

Grand Jury Award: HerStory http://www.indiecade.com/games/selected/her-story

funded by Indie Fund

Indiecade Organizers http://www.indiecade.com/2015/organizers

Anonymous 10/23/15 (Fri) 22:38:18 25c66e No.1197

>>1009

reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/2swml9/remember_that_time_kotaku_and_gamasutra_writers/

reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/3lpt7f/ethics_consentacle_an_alien_tentacle_sex_card/

Anonymous 10/25/15 (Sun) 02:34:51 15e213 No.1233

Ugh, this is all speculative garbage. I was told you idiots had found something.

Fucking autistic spergbots

Anonymous 11/02/15 (Mon) 20:54:57 f585cf No.1318

crosspost:

>>>/gamergatehq/290972